A lecture guide with discussion takes us through 100 pages a week of Marx’s text and asks how these concepts may be relevant in new ways (100 pags might seem quite a lot to get through, but it is a surprisingly easy read when done with comrades. We will read in English from the Penguin edition, but German or other language readers are welcome). We have copies of the Capital in The Study (off Gallery 1) for participants to come and read.

While this is a course rather than a one-off event, there is no assessment – rather, we will produce a publication of short essays and responses from our research in Nottingham and nearby. Reading Capital in Nottingham takes an old book from 1867 and recharges it for digital, neoliberal and austere times. Workplace inquiry, social reproduction, environmentalist, activist, anti-racist, anti-colonial, pro-animal, pro-situ, cinema, sex, drugs, art and scholarship – whatever your interest, join us in an inventive ten weeks with Professor John Hutnyk.

The sessions will run every Wednesday from 20 July to 28 September, 11am – 2pm, with a lunch break where refreshments will be provided. Free.